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    Supply Shock: Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution

    By Brian Czech and Herman Daly

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    About this ebook

  • Author is a scholar of ecological economics and economic growth theory, policy and politics
  • Supply Shock offers a sophisticated interpretation of political economy written in a manner that is accessible to a broad audience – similar to the writings of Jared Diamond
  • Supply Shock explains the need for a shift away from economic growth toward a steady state economy, as a defining paradigm and presents all of the key information for achieving this in a highly readable and accessible and popularizing book
  • The book will have an academic audience in the fields of ecological economics, macroeconomics, environmental economics, agricultural economics, political economy, public and monetary policy and environmental studies.
  • Intended audience includes anyone concerned with scarcity and economic collapse, economists, planners, ecologists, banker CEOs, CFOs and financial analysts, political activists
  • Author is the founder of the Centre for the Advancement of Steady State Economy (CASSE) which was named the Best Green Think Tank of 2011 by Treehugger.com
  • Sheds new light on current controversies such as the trophic theory of money, the assessment of technological progress and the role of statesmanship in international policy
  • Contains practical policy recommendations
    • LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNew Society Publishers
    Release dateApr 26, 2013
    ISBN9781550925265

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